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About Me

I am a mummy to two beautiful children a boy 2yrs and girl 4yrs. I am happily married and spend my days keeping house and taking care of my little family. I love anything house related particulary country/french style. My hubbie has just built me my own studio down the garden in which I intend to put aside more time this year to indulge my other passion all things homemade particulary sewing!

Sunday, 17 August 2008

Painting, painting and more painting................

Thank you for all your lovely comments about my summerhouse and garden it has just reminded me of what a lucky lucky girl I am to have a space of my own and has really motivated me to crack on with the painting. We have a fab garden but to honest it really has to look after itself this year and it really is looking a bit dull and unkept. We were very lucky to inherit lot's of mature plants and trees when we moved here I do have high hopes for my garden when the children are a bit older I hope to devote more time to it. This week I've started the painting and what a mammoth job it is! I've been painting every evening after I've put the little one's to bed and have painted until dark in all weathers sheltering under the veranda in the rain! I do enjoy painting and find it quite relaxing I love to see the end transformation but this is going on and on and some nights I've had to force myself to do it. Anyway enough of the waffle here's some pics what do you think?

Less posh shed more nice summerhouse me thinks! I love the little veranda I'm looking forward to taking a break on here with a cuppa and a magazine!

this shows the side of the summerhouse where there is another window.There's still I reckon another weeks work of painting to get the outside completely finished. Then we can crack on with the inside. My minds been buzzing with what we are going to do with the inside. Here's what the inside looks like at the moment. It's really hard to photograph as it's quite small!Oh dear not very inviting is it there's a huge amount of work to do in here were going to insulate everywhere to make it warm and line the walls in tongue and grove. It's all going to be done on a shoestring budget so I will be searching ebay and freecycle for furniture. I've managed to pick up a heater on freecycle so far. I'd like an old comfy chair to reupholster and I'm after an old table to use as my desk, there is a handy shelf in the roof space where a plan to stack my material out of reach of little hands!

As for the decor I've decided to go out of my safe zone of pastel colours and go forbright bold colours . I've been really inspired by colour since starting blogging especially by two of my favourite blogs http://attic24.typepad.com/andhttp://lavenderhouse.typepad.com/who both use colour so beautifully in there homes. I'm hoping to inject some real fun colours into my summerhouse the tongue and groove will be white but all my accessories bright colours. Here's some pages from magazines that have inspired me.I love the chair in the above pic and have searched everywhere for something similar but nothings turned up. I've also picked up these folders I love them they were great value to from Asda. I have heaps of paperwork to sort out so these will be ideal.Hope you all had a good week the weather has been miserable hasn't it but I hear that it's going to clear up and we will see some sunshine this weekend I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Hope whatever your up to this bank holiday weekend it's a good one! Sarahx

Awwww I am so glad I have helped inspire you to bring a little colour injection into the proceedings :: yaaaayyyy!!

Your summer house looks fantastic now the outside has some colour and I am sure the inside will be just as fabulous. I am trying very very hard not to be too jealous, but OMG I'm afraid I am very green-looking.Can't wait to see how it progresses, fingers crossed fro sunshiney days and evenings to comexxxx

oooh I'm drooling! your house and garden look so lovely and the summer house is to die for!Have a look at Claires summer house too(vintage-home.blogspot) its a few posts back but i think you'll like it!!

Wow that looks fab i am totally inspired as have been wanting a summerhouse for a while and that has decided me!! love the bunting and white interior ideas and the outside looks really good well done :-)Lesley x

Good luck with all your efforts with your summer house. What fun! I am sorry I havent sorted out the award thing yet but I need some child free time to get my head round putting it on the blog! Thanks for the reference again to colour. I love colour and it really inspires me. I was almost going to go through a white phase (shock) but I realise this is just because it appears to simplify things which is what I want with three kids and 9 weeks summer holidays! However, we have just been to a crap holiday cottage in Cornwall and boy did I miss colour. It was a good experience for me! It showed me that I was on the righ tract after all! Have fun! Love Emma x

Oh Sarah I love It!!! You lucky thing. Wow, it is amazing what vision and lots of paint can do, you won't want to come out when its finished lol. I have decided to strip out our stock come craft room and re decorate... but not a good thing to do with the run up to Christmas, hence no life at the moment and stock in every room ahhh.xFaye